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[quote=Anonymous]My DD just finished 7th grade.  She took all honors.  She had no more than 10 min. of homework per night (total) for all classes except math.  Sometimes that 10 min. even included math... but if there was ever anything more than 10 min, it was math.  Honestly, we were expecting MS (and honors) to require significantly more work.   Our younger child had more homework in AAP 3rd and 4th grade (that changed this year -- not sure if it was the new school or FCPS's policy that seems to say "no homework").

Anyway -- I would be shocked if any kid who doesn't have learning disabilities couldn't handle MS "honors."  In fact, in DD's MS, all the kids are expected to take honors and they provide a lot of support to the very challenged kids to help them get through.  Contrast that with the MS where we would have gone had we not moved... they made a BIG point of saying that honors classes are only for those subjects where your child is really strong and wants to do extra work (that was one of the lower-tier MS in FCPS).  So, a very different message meant to discourage kids from taking honors.

From what we've seen, 7th grade honors is really pretty much a cake walk.  DD got all A's with very minimal effort (except math -- which has always been her achilles heel).[/quote]

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